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Ohhh I actually have a whole board dedicated to these: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/150423/104708

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But my favourites:
Boys
Imad
Rafiq
Sa'id
Farouk
Farid
Tariq

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Girls
Farah
Pari
Nazli
Nura
Muna
Adila

Iman
Jalil
Khalil
Taj
Soraya
Yasir
Ziya
Naji
Ihsan
Kamal
Khayri

This message was edited 11/15/2018, 4:27 AM

Since I am not Persian or Arabic, I wouldn’t use most of the names from those cultures, but I do have some on my pnl. I have also included a couple of Kurdish names.

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Amira
Arya
Farah
Ishtar
Ashtoreth
Niloufar
Reza (usually considered masculine)
Tanith (I used to dislike this but now it is a guilty pleasure)
Vida (this name appears in multiple cultures)
Zahra
Zoraida

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Ahura Mazda (I actually like this better for girls, but in Persian myth it’s masculine)
Akos (Turkic)
Aram (Kurdish)
Dîyar (Kurdish)
Firdaus
Kaveh
Rashnu
Shahrivar
Zahir
Zair (unsure about the exact origins)

Aaliyah
Aaminah
Aanisah
Aasiyah
Aazaadeh = freely
Aarezoo/Arezoo/Arezou/Arezu/Arzu = wish
Acelya
Aden
Aissatou
Aylin
Ayten
Cansu
Ceylin
Daryaa = ocean/sea
Dinsev
Eflin
Elcin/Elgin
Elif
Elvin
Eslem
Esra
Evren
Farideh
Fereshteh = angel
Foroozaan = sunshine
Gülcan
Gülten
Ikra
Kaela
Khadija
Khair al-Nisa
Khatija
Laila/Layla/Leila/Leyla
Laleh = tulip
Lamia/Lamya
Lyna
Malaak/Malak/Malika
Maryam/Meryem/Mariam/Meriem
Medina
Melahat
Minoo/Minou/Minu = paradise
Minel
Naazanin = lovely, coquettish
Nafissateh
Nasrin/Nesrin = wild rose
Nesimi
Niloofar/Nilüfer = water lily
Niooshaa = clairaudient
Parvaaneh = butterfly
Rabea/Rabia
Rania/Ranja/Ranya
Saaloomeh = female dancer
Sana/Sanaa
Safia/Safiya/Safiyya/Safinaz
Sakina
Sema
Serap
Simin = silver
Shaadi = happiness
Shirin = sweet
Soosan = water lily
Soukaina
Sumaika
Taaraneh = melody, song
Taylan
Yaass/Yasemin = jasmine
Yousra/Yusra
Zahrah/Zahra
Zainab/Zaynab/Zeinab/Zeynab/Zeynep/Zineb
Zari = golden
Zhaaleh = dew
Zhoon = idol
Zhilaa = flirtatious

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Aaraam = calm
Aaryaa = the aryan
Beh'far = magnificent
Cyrus
Daaryoosh (Darius)
Faabris = lucky/happy
Freydoon
Idris
Ilian
Ilias/Ilyas
Iraj = the aryan
Issa
Jaavid = forever
Joobin = spear
Kaamraan = at the destination of his wishes
Navid = good news
Parviz = be successful
Shaayaan = be worthy
Sofian
Tooraj = hero, champion
Zain/Zayn/Zayd
Zia/Ziad
Ziaar

Oh, I have so many!

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Layla
Soraya
Malika
Asra
Azara (feminine of Azar)
Dima
Noor
Raniya
Shula
Zahra
Amirah
Farida
Idris
Isra
Kamala
Qamar
Shahrazad
Zakaria
Eskandar
Mahtab
Maryam
Roshanak
Samira
Siavash (I like the meaning)
Nourouz (Saw this used as a name somewhere, but I can't find it here)

This message was edited 11/12/2018, 2:06 PM

I love Faris especially

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I like these as well:
Aicha
Barak
Haidar / Hayder
Junayd
Karim
Layla / Leila
Malaika
Malik
Musa
Noor / Nour
Omar
Roukaya (My niece's name :D see Ruqayyah)
Sabri
Soraya
Tarik
Tasnim / Tasneem
Yasmeen
Zulaykha

Girls
Aisha
Aminah
Hala
Layla
Sana
Yasmin
Aaliyah
Nasrin
Parisa
Lamia
Noor
Nadia

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Boys
Malik
Umar
Anwar
Amin
Ilyas
Karim
Rayan
Sami
Zayd
Zayn

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PNL: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/151224

Alya.

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Zainab, Zayna, Nor, and Khadija are pretty as well. My great great grandfather have a Arabic name, Bashir Ageeb and that is one of the most interesting names of someone having, especially because he was a Christian.

Male:
Adil
Amal
Ibrahim
Jamal
Jalil
Khalid
Malak

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Female:
Aaliyah
Adila
Aida
Amina
Amira
Dania
Farida
Hala
Jamila
Leila
Nabila
Salma

Hi !!!!

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I agree with what you said..
I'm one of that users who try to talk about every kind of names.

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In my PNL i have many names from Iran and Arabic world. So I post here only the Persian ones.

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MASCULINE
Arash 'truthfulness'
Firdaus 'paradise'
Jasper 'treasurer'
Qardagh ancient Saint
Reza
Shah
Shahnaz 'pride of the king'
Sher 'lion'

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FEMININE
Bahar 'spring'
Benafsha 'violet'
Fayruz 'turquoise'
Mahtab 'moonlight'
Marjan 'pearl'
Mehriban 'kind, gracious'
Minu 'heaven'
Pari 'fairy'
Parvin 'the Pleiades'
Roshanak (original form of my name)
Shahnaz 'pride of the King'
Shahrzad
Shirin 'sweet
Soraya
Taraneh 'song'

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Surely there are many others that I can't find now in my current list :)

ones that I've seen on real people and which also appeal to me aesthetically (I can't evaluate them as deeply as I do Western names, as I'm not as familiar with the cultures... there are other Arabic and Persian names I like aesthetically, but I'm not counting ones I haven't encountered as people's names)

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Amir
Aisha
Dima
Fairuz / -a
Jamal
Ridwan
Rashad
Samia
Yasmin
Zayd
Arash
Kurosh
Mitra
Niloofar
Shirin / Shireen
Roshan

This message was edited 11/11/2018, 11:11 PM

My mother actually works for a lot of Persian families (she's a housekeeper) so I've fortunately gotten to know a bit about their culture and I've been to a lot of their parties growing up. My favorite Persian & Arabic names would have to be:

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Girls
Afsoon
Feride (this one is actually Turkish but it's a variant of an Arabic name)
Nour
Imani (Swahili name of Arabic origin)
Muna
Negeen
Soraya
Leila (SUPER popular among Persians but I still think it's pretty)
Farah
Rana (even though it means frog in Spanish haha)
Arezou
Elahe
Parisa (the name of one of my good childhood friends)
Jibril
Naima
Maryam
Sumayya

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Boys
Nima (this one is so cute!)
Yunus/Younes
Roham
Cyrus
Ilyas
Zaki
Faizel
Iskander

Girls:

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Alina
Amira
Laila
Rafa
Farrah
Lulu
Naila
Sarah

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Boys:

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Faris
Ferran
Farah
Jaspar
Kadin
Rakin
Saleh
Sale
Mahdi

I decided to post mine in a reply, rather than the OP:

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Yasmine (I would totally name a daughter this in real life)
Shahrazad
Fairuza
Nasrin
Leila
Parvana
Delara
Namira
Suraya
Soheila
Sima
Roshanara
Katayun
Shireen
Morvarid
&
Faridoon / Faridoun
Navid
Ardeshir "Desh"
Dariush
Isam
Hassan
Javed
Sadiq / Sadik
Vahid